The second Winter Market of the 2012 season was held at the Veterans' Memorial Auditorium on Saturday morning, February 11th, featuring products from a variety of local vendors. Designed as an opportunity to showcase local products, the market featured local vendors offering cheese, bread, oatmeal, honey in addition to soap, photographs and even dog biscuits!. "We're getting a large variety of locally-produced products that are typically unavailable in local stores," noted market coordinator Annemarie Sharkey. The event also featured a cooking demonstration by Chef Bill Walker of the Tradewinds Restaurant and students from B.M.C. Durfee High School. This was another opportunity to teach ways of cooking healthy foods using fresh produce like what is featured on the "Look Who's Cooking" show on FRED-TV cable television. Click here for the video of the event. Click here for the Herald News article. Click here for photos of the January market. Click here for a notice of upcoming market dates. Contact Annemarie Sharkey at CD-REC at 508-679-0922 for more information or to reserve a free space to sell your local products.

(Top row, left) Debbie Ray of Carver, MA, shows Beverly Arruda of Fall River one of the soaps that she made to sell at the market. (Top row, center) Mary Mehri of the Main Street Cafe and Bakery and the Quansett Gardens farm in Dartmouth describes some of the home-baked goods she has to offer. (Top row, right) Alicia Blaxer of Marvins Miracles sells dog biscuits that she made to raise money for families who cannot afford to feed their dogs. (Middle row, left) Kyle Deleon, Maureen Britland and Katie Hetherson look over some of the photographs and wall hangings that Amy Codego has for sale. (Middle row, center) Beth Gallo of Mad Hectic Foods talks with market coordinator Annemarie Sharkey. (Middle row, right) Steve and Ellen Lux from Portsmouth, RI, who recently moved here from Dallas, Texas, look over the products from the Foxboro Cheese Company. (Bottom row, left and center) B.M.C. Durfee High School students Matthew Bettencourt and Anna DeAlmeida help Chef Bill Walker in preparing a caprese salad pizza snack during a cooking demonstration. (Bottom row, right) Nancy Salibi and Marylou Recene from Tiverton sample the pizza snacks.